List of state leaders in 1618

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1618.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Susenyos I (1606–1632)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Wanli Emperor (1573–1620)
• Japan
  • Monarch – Go-Mizunoo (1611–1629)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Hidetada (1605–1623)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Nei (1587–1620)
• Joseon (Korea) – Gwanghaegun (1608–1623)
• Later Jin (Manchu Empire) - Nurhaci (1616–1626)
• Mughal Empire – Jahangir (1605–1627)

Europe

• Kingdom of Denmark – Christian IV (1588–1648)
• Kingdom of England – James I (1603–1625)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XIII (1610–1643)
• Holy Roman Empire – Matthias (1612–1619)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen – John Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (1596–1634)
  • Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck – John Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck (1607–1634)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  1. Mustafa I, Ottoman Sultan (1617–1618) and (1622–1623)
  2. Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (1618–1622)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Sigismund III Vasa (1587–1632)
• Russia - Michael I, Tsar of Russia (1613–1645)
• Kingdom of Spain – Philip III (1598–1621)
• Sweden - Gustavus Adolphus (1611–1632)
• United Provinces
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Gelre, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht and Zeeland (1585–1625)
  • Grand Pensionary of Holland - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1586–1619)
• Republic of Venice –
  1. Giovanni Bembo, Doge of Venice (1615–1618)
  2. Antonio Priuli, Doge of Venice (1618–1623)

Middle East and North Africa

• Safavid Empire – Abbas I, Shah of Iran (1587–1629)